[EBB Sightings] three sing-alikes

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Dear Friends:

Early this showery morning I heard the first migrating western tanager =
singing.  In the distance I could hear both a robin and a black-headed =
grosbeak reminding me from other Mays that this is the season of the =
three sing-alikes.  On the joyousness or ardor scale, I would have to =
rate the grosbeak as the champ  -- so passionate that the melodious =
phrases often seem to fall apart at the end, collapsing under the weight =
of so much concentrated brilliance.  To me the robin song is a domestic =
one, always cheery, reliable in its phrasing, as likely to be heard =
along a scruffy urban street as in the garden of spacious, well-tended =
lawns.  The tanager's song, though similar in construction, lacks a =
certain vigor being both slower in pace and lower in tone.

Flocks of both cedar waxwings and pine siskins continue to pour through =
the neighborhood.  The chickadees are bringing their young to the =
feeder.  A purple finch pair regularly join the house finches, lesser =
goldfinches and an occasional American goldfinch at the niger and =
sunflower feeders.  All the local birds appear to be undeterred by these =
showery days, in fact, they seem to be invigorated by the rain.

Phila Rogers
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singing.  In the distance I could hear both a robin and a =
black-headed=20
grosbeak reminding me from other Mays that this is the season of the =
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sing-alikes.  On the joyousness or ardor scale, I would have to =
rate the=20
grosbeak as the champ  -- so passionate that the melodious=20
phrases often seem to fall apart at the end, collapsing under the =
weight of=20
so much concentrated brilliance.  To me the robin song is a =
domestic one,=20
always cheery, reliable in its phrasing, as likely to be heard =
along a=20
scruffy urban street as in the garden of spacious, well-tended =
lawns.  The=20
tanager's song, though similar in construction, lacks a certain =
vigor being=20
both slower in pace and lower in tone.
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neighborhood.  The chickadees are bringing their young to the =
feeder. =20
A purple finch pair regularly join the house finches, lesser goldfinches =
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occasional American goldfinch at the niger and sunflower feeders.  =
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local birds appear to be undeterred by these showery days, in fact, they =
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be invigorated by the rain.

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